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...secure a false passport and a ticket to Stockholm via Turkey. She says she does not know what nationality passport she was issued. Last month, her cousin Mona Ahmad, a primary school teacher, took the same route, after two teachers at her school were kidnapped. "There is constant danger in Iraq, especially in Baghdad," says Turky. "Nobody can live there...
...completely heterosexual.That is something he discovered. It was the acting-out situations where things took place. It wasn't a constant thing...
...holder of every relevant Harvard rushing record transferred to Harvard during his freshman year because “I wanted to get the best education I could get.” As a result, Crimson football fans got to ride the Dawson train for four years of almost constant ascent. Following a player as he moves from good to great to mythic (and sometimes back into oblivion) is as integral a part of the experience of being a fan as any. What’s more, Crimson football fans got to take classes (the meaningful type, with homework and finals...
...shook my body. In the icy room, my breath made white, cloudy puffs, and I had to stamp my feet and rub my hands to bring blood to my toes and fingers. Something mysterious was happening outside. As winter turned to spring, I learned that Shanghai was in a constant state of upheaval. One day the newspaper ran a statement attributed to Defense Minister Lin Biao: ''Let us not exaggerate the seriousness of this situation. Many people have committed suicide or been killed. But these deaths are fewer than those incurred during the war against Japan or the Civil...
...terrible brow of Masada, where 960 Jewish Zealots committed suicide rather than surrender to the besieging Romans in A.D. 73. Some Israeli army units now celebrate their graduation after basic training under a night sky ablaze with Hebrew characters that say MASADA SHALL NOT FALL AGAIN. Israelis live under constant strain. Graceful manners are not yet a national accomplishment. Israelis' driving is not civilized, although it is not as bad as that in either Boston or Brussels. These days it seems difficult to find Israelis laughing. The soldiers do not smile when they are on duty, on patrol in Hebron...